Beaufort Historic Site welcomes area kindergarten classes

Published: Sunday, November 4, 2012 at 06:43 PM.

The Beaufort Historic Site will welcome this week children taking part in Kindergarten Thanksgiving, the Beaufort Historical Association’s autumn educational program.

As part of the program, which runs Tuesday through Thursday, Nov. 6 to 8, and Nov. 13 to 15, the students visit four stations on the grounds of the site, each designed to teach them about a different aspect of life as a colonial Beaufort resident. Hands-on activities, such as the popular butter churning station, allow the children to participate in the entire process of making butter, from milking the cow to serving the final product. Other activities include Colonial dress up, open hearth cooking and Colonial gardening.

Children will also have the chance to experience the many chores involved in the daily housekeeping of a colonial home and they will have the opportunity to see what grew in local gardens during colonial times. Docents will show how girls of the colonial family would help their mothers mending clothes and linens and practicing stitching.

The Beaufort Historical Association works through programs such as Harvest Time and Kindergarten Thanksgiving to educate children about the history of Beaufort and CarteretCounty. The program is put on almost entirely through the help of volunteers. These volunteers work with the schools’ curricula to develop programs relevant to classroom work.

Kindergarten Thanksgiving is offered to kindergarten classes from public and private schools across the state, as well as home schooled children. For more information on this program or any of the Beaufort Historic Site’s upcoming events, call 252-728-5225, stop by the Historic Site at 130 Turner St.or visit beauforthistoricsite.org.

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The Beaufort Historic Site will welcome this week children taking part in Kindergarten Thanksgiving, the Beaufort Historical Association’s autumn educational program.

As part of the program, which runs Tuesday through Thursday, Nov. 6 to 8, and Nov. 13 to 15, the students visit four stations on the grounds of the site, each designed to teach them about a different aspect of life as a colonial Beaufort resident. Hands-on activities, such as the popular butter churning station, allow the children to participate in the entire process of making butter, from milking the cow to serving the final product. Other activities include Colonial dress up, open hearth cooking and Colonial gardening.

Children will also have the chance to experience the many chores involved in the daily housekeeping of a colonial home and they will have the opportunity to see what grew in local gardens during colonial times. Docents will show how girls of the colonial family would help their mothers mending clothes and linens and practicing stitching.

The Beaufort Historical Association works through programs such as Harvest Time and Kindergarten Thanksgiving to educate children about the history of Beaufort and CarteretCounty. The program is put on almost entirely through the help of volunteers. These volunteers work with the schools’ curricula to develop programs relevant to classroom work.

Kindergarten Thanksgiving is offered to kindergarten classes from public and private schools across the state, as well as home schooled children. For more information on this program or any of the Beaufort Historic Site’s upcoming events, call 252-728-5225, stop by the Historic Site at 130 Turner St.or visit beauforthistoricsite.org.